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Patented Jan. 17, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEONARD NAUNTON, OF MARBICKVILLE, NEAR SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA.

COIN-FREE!) VENDING APPARATUS.

Application filled January 28, 1926, Serial No. 83,787, and in Australia February 24, 1985.

This invention relates to coin-freed vending apparatus and has for its object to provide apparatus which is of simple construction, readily assembled and operated, and

8 adapted for the purpose of delivering tickets, goods or the like from the apparatus when a coin or coins of a certain value are inserted in the apparatus for the purpose of releasing the locking mechanism in thereof, so that a manually operable lever is rendered capable of operation to permit the tickets, goods, or the like carried by the apparatus to be delivered.

Referring to the accompanying drawings 15 in which the invention is illustrated, Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the apparatus; Fig. 2 enlarged fragmentary perspective view showing part of the casing removed; Fig. 3 sectional plan on plane 3-3, Fig. 2; Figs. 2c 4: and 5 sectional elevation views respectively on lines H and 5-5, Fig. 3; Fig. 6 sectional elevation on curved line 6-6, Fi 3 Fi 7 sectional elevation on line 77, Fig.

3; Fi 8 plan view partly in section show-- 25 ing re ease chute for non-usable coins; Figs. 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 sectional elevation views illustrating action of the apparatus; and Figs. 14 and 15 detail perspective views of means usable for controlling the apparatus through double coins.

A suitable easing 1 is rovided; this casing may be of any pre erred construction and design and at the front thereof it may be furnished with glazed panels 2 and 3 and 35 also with a panel 4 for the display of directions or other matter. An openable and lockable door 5 of any suitable type is also fitted to the casing 1 whereby access may be had to the interior of the casing 1 for the 40 removal of coins received Within the said casing and in respect of which goods have been vended or delivered from the apparatus.

Within the casing is a framing 6 to which 45 are attached the brackets 7 which support a magazine 8 therein, such magazine being adapted to hold a supply of goods 20 therein in tier formation, the lowest of such goods resting on the platform 9 which is 50 integral with the framing 6, and said framing 6 attached to the casing by lugs 10; the

platform 9 has openings 53, 54 and 55 therein. Said magazine 8 may be furnished with 4 an adjustable side 11 by means of brackets as 12 having elongated openings 13 therein pins 1% co-operating with said openings to allow for ad ustment of said side 11 so that the magazine may be adapted to receive goods of differing sizes.

Said magazine 8 may also carry a weight 15 hearing on the upper or highest oneof the said goods; such weight has a projecting finger 26 which is adapted upon the weight descending in the magazine 8, and when thelast of the goods therein has been discharged from the apparatus to contact with the lever 16 pivoted at 17 to the magazine 8 and having a blade 18 to trip such lever and force its blade 18 across the coin chute opening 19 in the front wall of the casin 1 to prevent further coins being in serted into such opening 19..

Associated with the platform 9 is the operating drawer 21 for the goods 20 carried in the magazine 8. Such platform 9 also has associated therewith a coin carrier 22 furnished with a series of openings 23. In one portion. of the operating drawer 21 is the opening 24. Attached to the drawer 21 and carrier 22 are the operating rods 25 joined at the front of the apparatus to a pull rod 27. Rearwardly of the drawer 21 are located the extensible coil springs 28 whose opposite ends are connected respectively to the casing 1 and to the coin carrier 22.

Brackets 30 attached to the framing 6 support a fixed s indle 31 upon which are pivotally mounte the adjustable levers 32, each of the latter carrying a toothed stop 33. Such levers and their toothed stops 33 serve to co-operate when set with the opening 24 in the drawer 21 to prevent such drawer being drawnforwardl in the aparatus for the purpose of fee ing oods 20 rom the magazine 8. To enable said levers 32 to be set in non-operative position (Fig. 2) a withdrawable pin 34 is provided, this pin being inserted into openings in the brackets 30 and in the openings 35 in said levers 32.

Located above the coin carrier 22 and supported on brackets 36 attached to the framing 6 is the coin directing chamber 37 having a series of openings 38 therein. Leading from the coin chute opening 19 and extending to the chamber 37 whereb its rear end may be supported on the brac ets 36 in the coin receiving and delivery chute 41 provided with a series of separate coin tracks 39 .whose dividing partitions 42 are connected at one end to one side wall of the chute 41 and whose other endis connected to the coin stop wall 40 of the chute 41 such stop wall forming a chamber with openings in the bottom thereof which register with the openings 38 in the coin directing chamber 37. The chute 41 is inclined from the opening 19 and further it also has an an lar dip toone of its sides (see Fig. 7) an directed to the delivery end thereof so as to ensure that different coins passed into the chute 41 through the opening 19 will be directed to the proper selected track 39 therefor. In each of the partitions 42 is an openin 43, the opening in the first of the partitions 42 being the largest but of suflicient dimensions only to ensure that smaller coins other than the one intended to pass along the first of the tracks 39'1nay pass therethrough but prevent the coin for the said first track from passing therethrou so that it may be directed along such tral The openings 43 gradually decrease in size in the several partitions 42 as shown in Fig. 6 so that coins of diflerent sizes will be directed by such partitions 42 to their proper tracks 39.

Disposed below the coin carrier 22 is a coin delivery chute 44 divided into compartments by partitions 45, such compartments communicating with a centralizing delivery chamber 46 therefor in association with the chute 44. The chamber 46 is open at one end to the goods delivery tray 47 situated at the front of the casing 1.

The apparatus is serviceable for operation either with a single coin or two or more coins of different denominations, or a coin or two coins of the same denomination. Then it is to be used with a single coin or with coins of different denominations removable coin abutment plates 48 such as illustrated in Fig. 11 would be utilized below the coin carrier 22. Depending on the coin or coins to be utilized for the operation of the apparatus so an abutment plate or plates 48 would be fitted below the openings 23 in the carrier 22 (Fig. 9) to prevent the coin or coins served to such carrier falling therethrough into the coin delivery chute 44 whereby they would be returned from the apparatus into the tray 47. The withdrawable plates 48 therefore serve to retain the coin or coins served thereto through the respective openings 23 for such in the carrier 22. Should it be desired to operate the mechanism of the apparatus with a coin or with two coins of the same denomination the openings 23 in the carrier 22 would be made longer as shown in Fig. 14 and instead of using an abutment plate 48 in association with the carrier 22 an abutment plate 49 (Fig. 15) would be substituted therefor in association with said carrier. The carrier 22 has openings 50 to permit a pin 51 to be passed therethrough. The abut, ment plate 49 is furnished with an inclined upper edge 52; Such edge 52 permits a coin served to the abutment plate 49 to be directed to therear of the carrier 22 whilst the pin 51 would serve to hold a secondcoin in osition on the plate 49 in case one coin on y is delivered to the plate 49 (Fig. 12). The pin 51 is only utilized in association with the carrier 22 when only one coin is to be used in the ap aratus. If, however, two coins are to be used the pin 51 is not utilized.

In Figs. 9 and 10, the operation of the apparatus is illustrated in connection with two coins of difi'el'in denominations the separate coins 56 and 57 being shown in Fig. 9 resting on their respective abutment plates 48 and within the carrier 22 and also in dotted lines operating the respective levers 32, the pull rods 25 having been partly operated. The coins 56 and 57 are shown in Fig. 10 as having become freed from the carrier 22 and are falling to the casing of the apparatus, the pull rods 25 having been operated sufliciently to deliver a packet of goods 20 to the receiving tray 47 at the front of the casing 1. The operation of the apparatus illustrated in Fig. 11 Shows a coin 59 falling into the chute 44 and delivered to the tray 47 as no abutment plate therefor is fitted below the coin carrier 22. The operation of the apparatus with double coins of the same denomination is shown in Figs. 12 and 13.

\Vhen goods 20 are to be vcnded from the apparatus a supply of same is fed to the magazine 8 and the weight 15 set in position on the upper one thereof. The plate or plates 48 or 49 are set in position depending on the value or values of the coins to be used in the apparatus for the purpose of operating its mechanism. Further, the levers 32 are set for operation by means of the pin 34. Said coin or coins after being inserted into the opening 19 pass down the track or tracks 39 and are directed through the openings 38 of the chamber 37 into the coin carrier 22, the lower edges of the coin or coins resting on either of the abutment plates 48 or 49 whichever are utilized.

Upon pulling on the rods 25 through the handle rod 27 the carrier 22 and its associated coin or coins are drawn forwardly in the casing 1 until the coin or coins operate the lever or levers 32 whereby the latter are lifted to free the tooth 33 thereof from'engagement with the opening 24- of the drawer 21. The withdrawal of the tooth or teeth 33 ermits the drawer 21 and the carrier 22 to e ulled further forwardly of the casing 1 and in such movement to allow the drawer 21 to carry the lowest one of the packet of oods 20 in the magazine 8 to the opening 55 in the platform 9 whereby such packet is permitted to fall by gravity into the receiving tray 47. Meantime the operating coin or JOE coins fall from the carrier 22 through the opening 54 in the platform 9 to the interior 0 the casing 1 or to a receptacle located therein. If the plates 48 or 49 are not in proper position any coins inserted in the opening 19 and delivered to the chute 41 are delivered through the carrier 22 into the chute 44 and from thence to the tray 47 without it being possible to operate the carrier 22 for the purpose of delivering goods from the apparatus.

Movement of the carrier 22 forwardly in the casing 1 causes the coil springs 28 to be extended, but when the pull handle 27 is released such springs automatically return the carrier 22 and drawer 21 to inner normal 0- sition whereby the teeth 33 may again ecome lock engaged with the opening 24 in the drawer 21.

The weight 15 descends in the magazine 8 until it finally tilts the lever 16 to enable its blade 18 to close the opening 19 to prevent further insertion of coins into the apparatus through such opening when all the goods 20 have been dispensed therefrom.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. Coin freed vending apparatus comprising a casing, a magazine for goods therein, a coin insertion slot in the front of the easing, a coin selector within the casing as soc1- ated with said slot and with a coin receiving carrier having a series of openings therein, removable coin abutment means for closing one or more said openings, a drawer associated with said magazine and the goods therein, adjustable lever means each with a tooth adapted normally to lock said drawer against movement but operable by a coin or coins in said carrier to unlock said drawer, means for manually operating said drawer and carrier to deliver goods from the apparatus, means for automatically returning said drawer and carrier to locked position within said casing, and means permittin delivery of coins into the casing from sai coin carrier.

. therein wherelg 2. Coin freed vending aplparatusaccording to claim 1, in whic t e coin or coins after passing through the coin selector are delivered to a coin directing chamber from whence they are delivered to the coin receivmg carrier.

3. Coin freed vending apparatus according to claim 1, in which the adjustable lever means consist of a series of levers pivotally attached to a stationary spindle within the casing, each of such levers having fixed thereto a tooth and each having an o ning a removable pin is t readable through ose levers not required for operative action in the delivery of goods from the apparatus.

4. Coin freed vending apparatus according to claim 1, in which the coin carrier and the drawer associated with the magazine are associated with a platform having openin therein respectively for the delivery of goo from the apparatus and also for delivering coins released from the coin carrier into the casing of the apparatus.

5. Coin freed vending apparatus according to claim 1, in which a delivery chute for unusuable coins admitted to the apparatus is associated with the coin carrier whereby if such carrier has not associated therewith removable coin abutment means the said unusable coins will be passed through said carrier into said delivery chute and from thence to receptacle means on the exterior of the casing of the apparatus.

6. Coin freed vending apparatus according to claim 1, in which the means for automatically returning the coin carrier and the drawer to the normal position within the casing of the apparatus consists of coil spring means adapted to be extendedwhen goods are to be delivered from the apparatus by applying force to said springs and to automatically relax when said force is released.

7. Coin freed vending apparatus according to claim 1, in which a coin or coins after being admitted to the coin carrier are adapted to beheld therein whilst said carrier is partly operated to deliver goods from the apparatus, and in such partial operation to serve as an abutment to raise adjustable levers one of which is provided for each of said coins, whereby tooth locking means on said levers are moved from looking position in relation to goods delivery means associated with the apparatus.

8. Coin freed vending apparatus according to claim 1, in which the coins admitted to the apparatus pass to a selector chute having a series of tracks therein and furnished with Bit openings whereby the selected coins are directed to their respective separate tracks and from thence to the coin receiving carrier.

9.- Coin freed vending apparatus according to claim 1, in which the COlIl receivin carrier has associated therewith removable a utment means for a coin fed thereto, the said carrier having a removable pin associated therewith which serves as an abutment for said coin.

10. Coin freed vending apparatus according to claim 1, in which the coin receiving carrier has associated therewith removable abutment means for coins fed thereto, the said abutment means having an inclined edge for said coins whereby when the coins are fed to the said carrier they will be automatically arranged in position thereon. I

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

LEONARD NAUNTON. 

